Hopefully, Microsoft adds that configuration at a later date, we're sure there's some traveling video editor somewhere that would appreciate it. It's definitely an odd configuration, given that the workloads that would need the most RAM are the same workloads that would need the extra processor power that the Ryzen 7 4980U would bring to the table. The most powerful Surface Laptop you can get is the 15-inch model with an 11th-gen Intel Core i7 processor, 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD for $2,399 (£2,399, AU$3,999).

And, oddly, the higher configurations feature Intel hardware instead of AMD.

You can also upgrade the rest of the laptop's hardware if you need a bit more power. Still, a bigger laptop screen is a bigger laptop screen. It's 201 PPI on either laptop, so there's not going to be a noticeable difference either way you go. The 15-inch laptop (opens in new tab) does technically have a higher resolution, but it's the same pixel density. Ports: 1 x USB-C, 1 x USB-A, combi audio jack, Surface ConnectĬonnectivity: Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax, Bluetooth 5.0 Here is the Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 configuration sent to TechRadar for review:ĬPU: Intel Core i7-1185G7 (12MB cache, up to 4.8GHz boost)

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